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Recognised as Colour

#6136BC

  • #6136BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#6136BC is a violet with RGB values 97, 54, 188 and HSL 259°, 55%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#6136BC#6136BC
HEX#6136BC
RGBrgb(97, 54, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.2118, 0.7373
RGB percentages38%, 21.2%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(259.3, 55.4%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.3, 71.3%, 73.7%)
CMYK48.4%, 71.3%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,371,004
CSS custom property--colour: #6136BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08811WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.6:1
Contrast with white7.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#494949
Inverted#9EC943

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0056C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0051B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Tritanopia#445975no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 17.7Slate blue · ΔE 17.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.1Indigo · ΔE 18.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.7Dark blue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 17.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#91BC36
Analogous#364EBC, #A436BC
Triadic#BC6136, #36BC61
Split complementary#BCA436, #4EBC36
Tetradic#BC364E, #91BC36, #36BCA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9CDF1
Lighter +30%#BAA6E5
Lighter +20%#9C7EDA
Lighter +10%#7D56CF
Darker −10%#4D2B94
Darker −20%#381F6D
Darker −30%#241445
Darker −40%#0F081E
More saturated +25%#5618DA
Less saturated −25%#6C549E

Channel breakdown

R97
G54
B188
Red97 (38%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue259.25°
Saturation (HSL)55.37%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G 36 · B BC

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